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Andy Gray and Richard Keys: More stories wriggle out of the woodwork

In the wake of Andy Gray and Richard Keys' departures, more and more stories come wriggling out of Sky Sports' woodwork. I just received an email from someone who worked on their football programming a few seasons ago. Echoing other stories spilt by ex-colleagues of the gruesome twosome, he writes:

"Good riddance. When I was there, Champions League nights on-set were like an old boys’ club. Lots of 'banter', wolf-whistling, etc. All of it was 'off-air', of course, but some of the comments were pretty horrible. The other guests would usually either find it vaguely amusing or feign amusement. It was relentless."

He goes on to say that certain female presenters were harangued mercilessly, sometimes to the point of tears.

"The other thing to realise is that the programme's director and producer could see this going on but they wouldn't do anything. Why should they? They had their own jobs to do. It's very stressful running a live football show; you barely have time to think. And if you f— up, your job's on the line."

To judge by their response to Richard Keys’ and Andy Gray’s multiple "f— up’s", Sky are at least consistent.